WC 2012: U-23 Men and Elite Women Road Races

[Falken]

U23 race is 177k long (11 laps) and starts at 09:00 CET
Woman race is 129k long (8 laps) and starts at 14:30 CET

The Circuit:

Thought we needed at thread for both these races. Pardon the ****ty presentation, I started the thread in a hurry.

 

[Falken]

U23 race can be seen live here:

http://sports-livez.com/channel/ch-1.php

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

U23 race can be seen live here:

http://sports-livez.com/channel/ch-1.php

Wow, that's nice, I thought I'd heard that the U23 races wouldn't be broadcasted.

 

[the asian]

A Japanese, Swede and an Aussie in the early break according to the site.

 

[classicomano]

Wow, that's nice, I thought I'd heard that the U23 races wouldn't be broadcasted.

The local broadcaster L1 stepped in at the last moment and saved the day

 

[Falken]

A Japanese, Swede and an Aussie in the early break according to the site.

Oh yeah!

Hoping for a miracle later: Emma Johansson beating Vos.

 

[Maaaaaaaarten]

The local broadcaster L1 stepped in at the last moment and saved the day

Awesome!

Watching it on Sporza now.

This is a very pleasent suprise

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Oh yeah!

Hoping for a miracle later: Emma Johansson beating Vos.

This is the World Championships, so the chances are SOMEBODY will beat Vos and have her finish 2nd yet again. Emma J is as good a bet as any as this course will surely be well suited to her.

 

[Falken]

This is the World Championships, so the chances are SOMEBODY will beat Vos and have her finish 2nd yet again. Emma J is as good a bet as any as this course will surely be well suited to her.

Yep, it's a good course for Emma. The manager for the swedish team speculated about Emma's chances of beating Vos and the ideal development for Emma would be a strong late break that Vos need to bring back herself, that could tire her out and improve Emma's chance of beating her. The manager also thought the dutch team will ride aggressive like in the Olympic race and not like in Copenhagen last year.

 

[jens_attacks]

how many kms to go?

 

[Leadbelly]

Think there's 4 and a half laps to go, so that makes it about 70km left I believe.

What's happened to Felline? I notice he's not on the time checks anymore. Is that just a tech glitch or has he quit?

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

Think there's 4 and a half laps to go, so that makes it about 70km left I believe.

What's happened to Felline? I notice he's not on the time checks anymore. Is that just a tech glitch or has he quit?

tech glitch

 

[Mellow Velo]

I take it L1 went geo restricted, so we are left with the dodgy quality of
Sport-livez?

 

[Falken]

The break now consists of 11 riders.

 

[Falken]

Break caught, 4 laps to go.

 

[the asian]

Crash

10 chars

 

[Peccio89]

Think there's 4 and a half laps to go, so that makes it about 70km left I believe.

What's happened to Felline? I notice he's not on the time checks anymore. Is that just a tech glitch or has he quit?

He had to change his bike, but he is fine.

 

[Ryo Hazuki]

He had to change his bike, but he is fine.

but he';sa out of the race definitely

 

[Peccio89]

but he';sa out of the race definitely

Rai commentators said that he is still in the race. Probaly with the bike change the chip is not working

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Yep, it's a good course for Emma. The manager for the swedish team speculated about Emma's chances of beating Vos and the ideal development for Emma would be a strong late break that Vos need to bring back herself, that could tire her out and improve Emma's chance of beating her. The manager also thought the dutch team will ride aggressive like in the Olympic race and not like in Copenhagen last year.

The Dutch team are stacked, but the Italians have a good number of riders who can spring an upset too. It's not ideal for Bronzini, but they had a similar stage in the Brainwash Tour recently and she finished top 10 so they're going to need to ride the hills hard to get rid of her.

 

[theyoungest]

Yep, it's a good course for Emma. The manager for the swedish team speculated about Emma's chances of beating Vos and the ideal development for Emma would be a strong late break that Vos need to bring back herself, that could tire her out and improve Emma's chance of beating her. The manager also thought the dutch team will ride aggressive like in the Olympic race and not like in Copenhagen last year.

Yes, Vos herself announced this as well. They'll ride aggressively.

Personally I think, with the strength in numbers they have, they could Team Sky this race to death, and have Vos jump away on the last climb of the Cauberg. Those who will be able to follow her won't beat her in the sprint.

 

[Falken]

Not impressed by Bemelerberg. You hardly notice it.

 

[DominicDecoco]

How many km left?

 

[Ferminal]

2 and a bit laps (so 3x Cauberg).

 

[Ferminal]

Big attacks this time.